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and C has been busy trying to answer a question. So C brings it into the group because he thinks he has the right answer.

What is the number of partitions of s that add up to 17? C has an answer of 91.

A says) It is a lot higher than that C. A few minor mathematicians like De Moivre worked on these partition problems but it was finally the great Euler that told us everything about them. Incidentally, did I tell you fellows that the blood of Euler courses through my veins? Yes, I am related to him.

B says) It is lower not higher and why do you think De Moivre was a minor mathematician? Did you know that Newton would bring his probability problems to De Moivre?

C says) Those were handouts B and I had a hunch the answer was higher.

D says) Who is Euler?

E says) You are partially right C, Newton was trying to give him some work but only because he saw that he was great mathematician and Newton respected that. Also A, B is right, it is lower. Looks like all that Euler blood leaked out of you.

A says) It is higher bumpkin!

What do you say?

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What is a multiset? What do you mean by a partition of s?

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You explained partitions of a number. But what are partitions of a multiset? Are they subsets of it?

'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.''God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Are you asking to find the number of submultisets of s whose sum of elements is 17?

'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.''God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Did you notice something?

'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.''God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Is A claiming that Euler is a higher bumpkin.

'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.''God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Can we have A on the forum?

'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.''God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.